This Was an Easy Assignment: Examining How Students Interpret Academic Writing Tasks.

Nelson, Jennie

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ERIC Number: EJ419839

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Publication Date: 1990

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This Was an Easy Assignment: Examining How Students Interpret Academic Writing Tasks.

Nelson, Jennie

Research in the Teaching of English, v24 n4 p362-96 Dec 1990

Explores academic writing from the students' side of the desk, examining how different tasks and writing situations influence students' approaches. Finds that responses to assignments depend upon what the students were actually rewarded for producing. (MG)

Descriptors: Case Studies, College English, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Interviews, Student Attitudes, Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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